单词 | projectilist |
释义 | > as lemmasproˈjectilist proˈjectilist n. †(a) an expert in the motion of projectiles (obsolete); (b) History of Science a proponent of the projectile theory of light. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > one who studies or experiments with weapons > [noun] artillerista1751 projectilist1852 ballistician1907 missile man1951 missileer1960 1852 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 338 With gunmakers, projectilists, general officers, Ordnance authorities. 1985 Isis 76 246/2 William Rowan Hamilton needs to be categorized as a projectilist (perhaps even a corpuscularist) because of his connection with the use of Fermat's principle. < as lemmas |
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